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    In the 1980’s racial tension was high and Spike Lee wrote‚ produced‚ and directed Do the Right Thing interpreting many realistic anomalous problems; gaps between the generations‚ racism‚ sexual & gender roles to name a few. Mookie‚ played by Spike Lee‚ is a pizza delivery man at the local pizzeria‚ but lacks initiative past Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn. The community is full of distinct personalities‚ and Sal‚ played by Danny Aiello‚ the pizzeria’s Italian-American restaurant owner where most characters

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    I Believe

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    I believe: You can’t get through everything alone There are times in life where problems arise. Some people have more problems than others‚ but nonetheless we all have problems. Some people talk about their problems; others write or do physical activity to help forget the problems. And still some people‚ like me‚ try to forget about their problems. Push every emotion you feel deep down inside of you and bottle it all up‚ hoping to never see it again. Bottling everything up doesn’t help though‚ it

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    Fahrenheit 451” The Novel Fahrenheit 451 exploited censorship and all the negative thing that can occur when a society is censored. There were many examples in this novel. In the Novel Guy Montag finds out that censorship is a big part of his community and realizes that has a negative effect and need to be abolished before it changes humans for good. “If you hide your ignorance‚ no one will hit you and you ’ll never learn.”(Ray Bradbury). This quote is stating that since books are censored and

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    Poverty The first theory that we will use for Poverty is the Conflict Theory. Conflict theory is defined as‚ “a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources‚”(Copyright © 2009 by James M. Henslin‚ pg G9). In other words the outside forces prevent individuals from achieving a desired goal or to live a certain way. When it comes to poverty‚ people would like to be involved in an upward mobility to have a better quality of life for

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    DREAM AND BELIEVE All persons have a dream of their own because it is our way to see and imagine what we want to happen in our future life. It can be our inspiration to do our best to achieve what we want to achieve. But we need also to persevere and be prepared to the challenges and difficulties that we are going to encounter. We have to be strong in all the trials that we have to face so that we will be able to achieve all that we dream and what we wanted to be. But for now‚ I have a very positive

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    communicative aspects of literacy are; concepts of print and the comprehension of texts. These components of emergent literacy can be developed through shared reading. The text “That Pig Can’t Do

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    Why Do People Suffering From Depression Do Not Believe In Themselves Intro: Depression often makes you doubt your defense mechanisms are working. It is like you need a special defense mechanism to defend you from all other defense mechanisms. Weakness. Hopelessness. Helplessness. Infirmity. Surrender. Panic. Despair. Anxiety. Giving up. These are all synonyms for psychological suffering‚ ergo‚ depression. Try to find as many words for psychological strength. Look inside yourself. Vulnerability

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    First on the list of irritating things is traffic jams. Going to town on weekends or holidays is never enjoyable because of the perpetual traffic jams that choke the streets. The inability to move freely is already bad. To make things worse‚ there are irresponsible or poor drivers who cut across lanes without signaling‚ stop suddenly or generally do not seem to be aware of the danger they cause to others or to themselves. Then there are idiots who talk on the mobile phones while driving‚ or kids

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    10 Things WTO can do

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    10 Things WTO can do: 1. Cut living costs and raise living standards Trade did not feed the hungry when food was cheap and abundant‚ and is even less able to do so now that prices are sky-high but with WTO in the picture‚ trade barriers are lowered and it is non-discriminating. The result is reduced costs and therefore‚ people pay less for goods but still get the same quality hence raising the living standards. 2. Settle disputes and reduce trade tensions WTO acts as the neutral party between

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    reality that is mentioned in the film that poverty is the main problem of our country because corruption seems more fun in the Philippines – corrupt officials enjoy higher standard of living while millions pay the price of poverty‚ hunger and death. And still many of our countrymen lack basic access to health‚ food and shelter. I feel sad and deep pity for those people who experienced poverty. But for me‚ it is not just the corruption that causes the poverty in our country‚ but also‚ our lack of love

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